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No. 234,939. Patented Nov. 30, I880."

UNITED STATES PATENT 1 ENG.

JOHN M. BAILEY, OF WOONSOOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

PRUNING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,939, dated.November 30, 1880.

Application filed June 22, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom "it may concern Beit known that I, JOHN M. BAILEY, of WVoonsocket, county of Providence,and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement inPruning Implements; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is an elevation of the implement. Fig. 2 is a horizontalvertical section of the lower end of the implement on an enlarged scale.Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 00 00 of Fig. 2.

The object of my invention is to provide a pruning implement which ischeap in construction, easily operated, and not liable to get out oforder; and it consists in a rod bearing at one end a fixed chisel, andat the other end a spindle, on which slides a weight or hammer, so thatthe hammer may be passed along the spindle and deliver a blow againstthe end of the rod, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the said drawings, A is a pole or rod of wood, of any desired length,to the one end of which is permanently fixed a cutting-chisel, B.Inserted within and projecting from the opposite end of pole A is ametal or other spindle, 0, on which slides a hammer or driving device,D. Around the lower end of pole A is a metal ferrule, a, to receive theimpact of the blow from hammer D.

The operation of my device is as follows:

The chisel is placed against the limb at the point where the cut is tobe made and held firmly against it with one hand, while the other hand,grasping the hammer D, moves it up spindle O in a series of quick sharpblows against the ferrulcd end of the pole. This gradually andprogressively drives the chisel through the limb and severs it.

I am aware that heretofore a pruning implement has been constructedwherein a chisel with an elongated shank telescopes into the end of thepole, or a projection thereof, but the operation of such an implement isrendered impracticable by the uncertainty or lack of precision in makingthe cut, due to the fact that the pole must receive a sudden and violentupward thrust to make the chisel stick into thelimb before another blowcan be struck; moreover, great difficulty must be experienced in suchconstruction to get the blow delivered in a true line with theresistance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a pruning implement, a pole, A, having a fixed chisel, B, on one end,in combination with the projecting spindle G and hammer D, slidingthereon, all constructed and operated substantially as described.

JOHN M. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. PUTNAM, A. A. SOUTHWIOK.

